Queen (magazine)

Queen (magazine)

Queen (originally The Queen) magazine was a British society publication established by Samuel Beeton in 1861. In 1958, the magazine was sold to Jocelyn Stevens, who dropped the prefix "The" and used it as his vehicle to represent the younger side of the British Establishment, sometimes referred to as the "Chelsea Set" under the editorial direction of Beatrix Miller. In 1964 the magazine gave birth to Radio Caroline, the first daytime commercial pirate radio station serving London, England. Stevens sold Queen in 1968 to the publisher of its rival U.K. publication, Harper's Bazaar. From 1970 the new publication became known as Harper's & Queen until the name Queen was dropped from the masthead.